How to check what windows are open in client system

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Hi All,

I have to write a code in ASP.net ,which will check what all windows are open in client system.
like if in client system,internet explorer,note pad,ms office is open , so the application will check and tell that in client system IE,notepad and ms office is running,.
Can we use Java script for this???
Please provide some solution.I know its a security breach but its a requirement in our project because we are preparing a tracking system.

Thanks

Posted 3-Mar-13 19:56pm

richa11

Updated 3-Mar-13 23:32pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Mar-13 2:01am

Makes no sense and not a question.
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bbirajdar 4-Mar-13 2:10am

Why do you want to invade user's privacy?... You have no right to know what applications are open on client's system. Browser vendors respect the user's privacy. So they dont allow any web application to access the clients file system...

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2013-03-03T20:26:00

Accessing client system from a web application is not supported in general because of security issues.

Though there are ways like ActiveX or Silverlight to do close by functionality but in general anyone(users) would not like a web application accessing client system. I big no to any such feature or website for me and many.

It will be more of security breach then a feature. It's not browser's job to check and tell the softwares open and running.